RELIGST 2M03 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Columbarium, Feticide, Hungry Ghost

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2M03
• Professor: Sherry Smith

Document Summary

African state of chad has worst life expectancy 48. 69 average death age 2012 poorest country 80 percent live below poverty line, lots of conflict, population relies on farming but there are frequent droughts and water can be scarce. Monaco highest billions and millionaire per capa ta and lowest income rate as well highest life expectancy on earth 89. 9 years 36000 people population densely populated no one pays taxes. 56 million people a year die, number one cause of death is: cardio vascular disease . Based on 2012 stats how many children under age 5 die a year 6. 6 million low and middle rural countries. Being born premature, pneumonia, birth affixation, birth trauma or diarrhea type diseases, malaria. Ethnocentrism: making judgments about others in terms of ones" own cultural assumptions and biases death is the epitome of ethnocentrism. Cultural relativism: the belief that each society should be understood in terms of it"s own cultural practices and beliefs.